There’s probably a house like that in most young boys’ lives: one capable of mobilising that mixture of indomitable curiosity and debilitating fear..." "That being said, I also suspect there was never another place on Earth like the Witch’s House." For children of the UK in the 1980s, there wasn't much to do outside school. Like millions of similar youngsters, ten-year-old Paul and his small gang are trying to occupy themselves during their summer holidays, stay out of trouble and dodge the bigger kids. An innocuous dare will have them wishing they'd stayed at home. Doubledare, a short story written by Six, is an old-fashioned 'spooky house' tale with a twist.